shawmist
(ˈʃɔːmɪst)
[f. shawm n. + -ist.]
One who plays the shawm. (In earlier centuries called a shawmer or shawm-player.)
| 1961 A. C. Baines Musical Instr. through Ages ix. 233 The European shawmist presses the lips to a wooden ‘pirouette’. 1977 Early Music July 333/1 The shawmist, perhaps accompanied by the tambourine player, can only have performed monophonic melodies. |